Power & Institutions

What’s wrong with you? A meltdown, a breakdown, a mental illness, a disorder? There are many ways to talk about individual dysfunction. That’s the easy bit compared with tackling the bigger picture: What’s wrong with the system?

The Power, Politics and Institutions program examines the impact of soulless institutions, toxic workplaces, systemic abuse and the struggle to maintain mental health and balance in our fast-paced, hyper-connected, society with its pressures, prejudices and expectations.

The Big Anxiety acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island elders, past and present.